The creator and star of Netflix spy thriller In From The Cold explain how the series heats up the genre by defying expectations and Hollywood norms.
The Netflix spy thriller In From The Cold stands out in a crowded genre for plenty of good reasons, not the least of which is its willingness to give audiences a badass, butt-kicking protagonist who also happens to be a single mother in her 40s simply trying to be a good parent to her teenage daughter.
Power of she “There are so many aspects of Jenny that were so exciting for me to play,” Levieva told Digital Trends of what initially attracted her to the role. “There’s obviously the mother, and there is also this kickass spy who’s still alive and who’s still hungry for that. As women, and as human beings, part of life sometimes is forgetting or putting away certain parts of ourselves and saying that part no longer exists.
“[Jenny] has a great line in the pilot that I love, when they set her up to seduce someone, and she doesn’t think she can do it, saying, ‘I have cracked nipples and a C-section scar,'” continued Glass. “Her handler responds, ‘You’re giving too much credit to men,’ and she says, ‘I’m not talking about men. I’m talking about me, and who I am, and what I’ve been through. I’m a mother.’ You don’t see that in spy shows.
“I still dance, but to be able to come into this show and exercise all those parts of myself, which includes that gymnast training and that physical ability. It was a gift, and so exciting,” she said. “To walk into a room and kick nine guys’ asses and realize, ‘Yeah, I can actually do those moves. I can actually do that!’ That is pretty cool.”
A sprinkle of sci-fi While Levieva’s performance went a long way toward keeping the series grounded, not letting the story’s sci-fi elements distract from Jenny’s arc was also important, explained Glass.
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